Pretzel-making machine.



G. H. SGHAETZBL. PRETZEL MAKING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE19,1912.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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Vggw omver Tn strains rAMrEN T OFFICE GEORGE H. SCHAETZEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO PFENNINGER PRETZEL & BAKING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION 0F MISSOURI.

PRETZEL-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Har. 10, 1914.

Application led J une 19, 1912. Serial N o. 704,530.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. SonAn'r-U znL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of St. Louis, State ofMissouri, have invented a certain new and useful Pretzel-Making Machine, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a pretzel making machine, and more particularly to that form of machine shown and described..` in my prior application for patent, tiled June 6, 1910, Serial Number 565,310.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate so much of the pretzel making machine as is necessary to disclose my invention, Figure 1 is a vertical central section through the main portion of the machine; Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are detail views of the loop positioning brush; Fig. 4 is a front view of the loop positioning brush; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing the loop positioning brush in operation.

Like marks of reference refer to similar parts in the Several views of the drawings.

10 represents the frame of the machine. The frame 10 carries a rotary member 11 on the periphery of which is mounted a number of loop carrying frames 12. Each of these loop carrying frames 12 is provided with pins 13 which are adapted to engage with a loop of dough 14: carried on a finger 15, as shown in Fig. 1 and described in detail in my prior application above referred to. It often occurs that, in lifting the loop of dough from the finger 15, the loop hangs at the extreme end of the pins 13 instead of lying close to the body of the loop-holder 12.

One of the objects of my invention is to accomplish the positioning of the loop 11 upon the inner part of the pins 13 against the body of the loop-holder 12. In order to accomplish this, I provide a cross bar 16, shown in Fig. 1, to which is attached a strip of sheet metal 17, having pivoted to it a brush 18. r1`he brush 18 has a rearwardly projecting portion 19 which strikes against per of the pins 13, as best shown in Fig. 1

As the holder 12 is carried around by the rotary member 11, the pin 13 will be forced into the end of the brush as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5 so as to position the loop 14 on the inner part of the pins againstthe holder 12. After the brush has been carried upwardly, past the radial line passing through the center of the rotary member, the brush will drop back to its normal position, at the same time, passing between the ends of the loop 14 as is best illustrated in Fig. 4, thus spreading the ends of the loops and insuring their proper positioning for heilig engaged by fingers 20 which clamp the ends of the loops to the face of the clamping device 21, as has been described in detail in my previous application, before referred to.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a pretzel makinfy machine, the combination with a movaile member, of a holder carried by said member, said holder being provided with means for receiving a loop of dough, and means for forcing the loop into position on said holder.

2. In a pretzel making machine, the combination with a movable member, of a holder carried by said member, said holder being provided with means adapted to rcceive a loop of dough, and a pivoted brush for forcing the loop into position on said holder.

3. In a pretzel making machine, the combination with a rotary member, 0f a holder carried by said member, said holder being provided with pins adapted to receive a loop of dough, and a pivoted brush arranged in thc path of said pins whereby said pins enter the end of the brush to force said loop into position on the holder.

4l. ln a pretzel making machine, the combination with a rotary member, of a holder carried by said member, said holder being provided with means for engaging a loop of dough, and a pivoted brush arranged in the path of said holder to swing up and In testimony whereof, I have hereunto down between the members of the loop, said set my hand and aXed my seal in the presbrush being adapted to be 'swung from a ence of the two subscribing Witnesses.

downwardly inc-lined to an upwardly n- 5 @lined position by Contact With the holder whereby the return movement of said brush spreads the ends of the loop of dough.

GEORGE H. SCHAETZEL. [L s.] Witnesses W. A. ALEXANDER, G. M. SHORE. 

